WASHINGTON President Trump said Saturday that he was dispatching a hospital boat to Greenland shortly after news broke that Denmarks Joint Arctic Command evacuated a crew member from a US Navy submarine.
Danish defense minister Troels Lund Poulsen publicly claimed that his government had not been briefed on Trumps plan and that there was no need for special health care efforts in Greenland.
Greenlands Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen was more blunt: Its a no thank you from here.
Trump wrote in a signed Truth Social post late Saturday: Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there.
Landry was appointed special envoy to Greenland after Trump repeatedly said he wanted to buy or otherwise take over the territory, which is controlled by NATO ally Denmark.
The US Navy has two big hospital ships in its fleet, the Comfort and the Mercy.
Trumps post came just before he hosted GOP governors at the White House.
The medical incident impacted at least one crew member, who needed urgent treatment, while stationed on a US submarine in Greenlandic waters, Denmarks Joint Arctic Command revealed Saturday.
That individual was then transferred via a Danish Defense Forces Seahawk helicopter to Greenlands capital, Nuuk.
Trumps overture to Denmark comes on the heels of a detente of sorts during his pressure campaign to acquire the icy island.
The 47th president has long sought to acquire Greenland. Early last month, after he authorized a raid to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro, his push for Greenland began to deeply unnerve European allies.
This was particularly true after the White House initially declined to rule out the use of military force to take over Greenland.
Denmark has repeatedly and forcefully refused to sell or transfer the Arctic island to the US.
Numerous European allies have stood by Denmark, backing up Copenhagen in its spat with the US.
Ultimately, the US, Greenland, and Denmark held negotiations to address the impasse. Late last month, Trump announced that they had come to a framework of a future deal.
Details of that deal are still murky, but it appeared to include provisions aimed at beefing up security in Greenland amid fears of a growing Russian and Chinese presence in the Arctic.
华盛顿电——特朗普总统周六表示，在丹麦联合北极司令部从一艘美国海军潜艇上撤离一名船员的消息传出后不久，他将向格陵兰派遣一艘医疗船。
丹麦国防部长特勒尔斯·伦德·波尔森公开表示，其政府未收到关于特朗普计划的简报，并称格陵兰“无需特别的医疗保健措施”。
格陵兰总理延斯-弗雷德里克·尼尔森（Jens-Frederik Nielsen）的回应更为直白：“我们对此敬谢不敏。”
特朗普周六晚间在其署名发布的Truth Social帖文中写道："我们将与路易斯安那州杰出的州长杰夫·兰德里合作，向格陵兰派遣一艘大型医疗船，为当地众多患病且未得到妥善照料的人员提供救治。"
在特朗普多次表示希望购买或以其他方式接管格陵兰岛后，兰德里被任命为该地区的特使。格陵兰岛目前由北约盟友丹麦管辖。
美国海军舰队拥有两艘大型医疗船，分别是“舒适号”和“仁慈号”。
特朗普在社交媒体发文后不久，便在白宫接待了共和党州长们。
丹麦联合北极司令部周六透露，一起医疗事件影响了至少一名船员，当时该船员正驻扎在格陵兰海域的一艘美国潜艇上，需要紧急治疗。
随后，该人员由丹麦国防军的"海鹰"直升机转运至格陵兰首府努克。
特朗普向丹麦示好的举动，紧随着他在施压收购这座冰封岛屿期间某种程度的缓和之后。
美国第47任总统长期以来一直试图获取格陵兰岛。上月初，在他授权突袭抓捕委内瑞拉强人尼古拉斯·马杜罗后，其对格陵兰岛的推进行动开始令欧洲盟国深感不安。
在白宫最初拒绝排除使用军事手段接管格陵兰岛的可能性后，这一情况变得尤为明显。
丹麦已多次坚决拒绝将该北极岛屿出售或转让给美国。
众多欧洲盟国力挺丹麦，在丹麦与美国的外交争端中支持哥本哈根。
最终，美国、格陵兰和丹麦通过谈判来打破僵局。上月末，特朗普宣布各方已达成一项“未来协议的框架”。
该协议的具体细节仍不明朗，但其中似乎包含了一些条款，旨在加强格陵兰岛的安全措施，以应对俄罗斯和中国在北极地区日益增长的存在所引发的担忧。
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